Wagner Coffee Services

Coffee Collins

• 2 teaspoons superfine granulated sugar*
• 1 teaspoon Maxwell House instant coffee
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 egg white**
• 1 ounce rum, vodka or gin
• Ginger ale, chilled

*Or use 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
**Or use 3 drops creamy head for cocktails

Combine sugar, instant coffee, water and egg white in small shaker or bowl. Shake or beat until coffee and sugar are dissolved. Stir in rum. Pour over ice cubes or crushed ice in tall glass; fill glass with ginger ale and stir. Makes 1 serving.

Coffee Old Fashioned

• 1 ½ teaspoons Maxwell House instant coffee
• ½ cup water
• 2 teaspoons superfine granulated sugar
• 2 dashes aromatic bitters
• 1 ounce bourbon
• 2 ounces club soda

Dissolve coffee in water; stir in sugar, bitters and bourbon. Add soda and pour over ice cubes in double old-fashioned glass. Garnish with orange slice and maraschino cherry, if desired. Makes 1 serving.

Coffee-Sherry Sparkle

• 1 ½ ounces cream sherry wine
• 1 ½ ounces Demitasse, cooled (see Coffee Manhattan)
• Club soda, chilled

Pour wine and Demitasse into glass; stir and add ice cubes. Fill glass with soda. Garnish with lime wedge, if desired. Makes 1 serving.

Coffee Manhattan

• 1 ½ ounces Demitasse, cooled
• 1 ½ ounces whiskey
• 1 teaspoon sweet vermouth
• 1 dash of aromatic bitters
• Crushed ice

Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker; shake well. Strain into stemmed cocktail glass and garnish with maraschino cherry, if desired. Makes 1 cup.

Demitasse: Place 1 tablespoon Maxwell House instant coffee in coffeepot or carafe; stir in 1 cup boiling water and let stand for 5 minutes. Makes 1 cup.

Coffee-Brandy Cocktail

• 3 tablespoons Maxwell House instant coffee
• ¼ cup sugar
• 3 cups water
• ¼ cup brandy or rum

Measure coffee and sugar into pitcher. Add water and brandy and stir until coffee and sugar are dissolved. Pour over ice in glasses. Makes 6 servings.